The Israeli political leadership has traditionally paid serious attention to financing the national military establishment. Evidently, it is maintaining a high alert level that enables the Israeli to quickly respond to emerging challenges and national security threats. Israel’s Military Budget According to “The Military Balance”, the annual review of countries’ military potential, the Israeli…
International Exercises of the Russian Armed Forces in 2020: An Overview
Military exercises are one of the most important elements of military readiness. They serve several key purposes, including practicing new ways of using troops, verifying command and control capabilities, trying out new ways of organizing and conducting combats, and testing the latest weaponry. International exercises broaden the range of objectives: they increase trust between participating…
Russia’s Military-Technical Cooperation – 2020
In 2020, due to the pandemic-related restrictions, for a number of foreign clients, the terms of delivery of military products and implementation of contracts for overhaul and maintenance of weapons and military and special equipment were put off and rescheduled. The impossibility to ensure duly transfer of basic payment documents from customers led to…
IDEF 2021: ROE Unveils Latest Russian Defence Products
Rosoboronexport JSC (part of the Rostec State Corporation) is the organizer of a joint Russian exhibit at the International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF) 2021, which is held from 17 to 20 August 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey. "The IDEF exhibition is among the ten largest international defense industry exhibitions and is one of the most important…
ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021: Russia and China began practical actions
The purpose of Russian-Chinese operational-strategic exercise Sibu/Interaction 2021 (ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021, 西部·联合-2021) is to consolidate and develop the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between China and Russia in a new era
Zapad-2021 strategic drills in Belarus to involve 12,800 troops
Zapad-2021 drills will involve up about 140 tanks, around 110 artillery systems and multiple rocket launchers and over 30 aircraft and helicopters
ROE Presents Modern Russian Defence Products at DEFEA 2021
Rosoboronexport JSC (ROE) is organizing a single Russian exhibit at DEFEA 2021, International Defence Exhibition in Athens, Greece. The exhibition is held from 13 to 15 July, 2021 for the first time in 12 years at Metropolitan Expo, located on the territory of Athens International Airport Elefterios Venizelos. "Rosoboronexport notes with great satisfaction the systematic and…
Uraltransmash Delivers a batch of Msta-S Self-Propelled Guns to MoD
Within the framework of the State Defense Order for 2019-2021, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has received a batch of self-propelled howitzers 2C19M2 "Msta-S" produced by the Uraltransmash plant of the Uralvagonzavod Concern. The vehicles were sent on car trawls to the military unit of the Ministry of Defence, Rostec reported. Before…
Vikhr Guided Missile Passes Flight Tests
Kalashnikov Group conducted successful trials of the Vikhr Guided Missiles. In the course of the trials at the Russian Ministry of Defence proving ground, 22 missile launches were conducted by a Ka-52 Alligator attack reconnaissance helicopter. Flight tests of the Vikhr guided missiles have been successfully completed. The tests were conducted by the Kalashnikov Concern together…
European Robotic Arm Installed on the Nauka MLM
State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS announced today that the specialists of RSC Energia (part of ROSCOSMOS) together with the European Space Agency have completed the final installation of the European Robotic Arm (ERA) on the body of the new "Nauka" (Science) module. The Russian Space agnecy assured that work on programme of factory control tests…